The Netherlands Nukes Its Economy! The Truth Behind the 36% Unrealized Gains Tax, NYC Tax Hike Madness: Why Mamdani's “Freeze the Rent” Backfired on Day One, World War III? U.S. vs Iran, Russia & China – What You’re Not Being Told | Weekly Recap

Tom Bilyeu's Impact Theory

Impact Theory

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🗓️ 22 February 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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1:07.2	the Dutch government is expected to pass a bill introducing a 36% tax on
1:11.3	unrealized capital gains.
1:13.3	The Netherlands have basically decided to lay bare their own economic ignorance and
1:18.4	nuke their economy in a single move by taxing unrealized gains.
1:24.4	This was a big blow up that people had with my take on Kamala Harris, and I'm telling you,
1:28.9	it is as big as I have made this out to be. And this is the Netherlands attempt at reforming what
1:34.5	they call box three. It's their wealth tax system. Different people fall into different types
1:38.9	of boxes. But the proposed system introduces a capital growth tax where not only regular income like interest
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